Possible suicide at Newburgh-Beacon Bridge

NEWBURGH — A search for a man who might have jumped from the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Sunday night did not turn up a body as of late Monday afternoon.

State police Lt. Sal Mecca said the New York State Bridge Authority reported around 10:30 p.m. Sunday that a tractor trailer had been abandoned around the center of the bridge’s eastbound span.

A surveillance camera showed somebody get out and go toward the bridge’s walkway but did not actually show the person jumping.

Mecca said after viewing footage from some different camera angles Monday, “we’re pretty sure someone did jump,” but police won’t release the person’s identity “until we’re sure.”A state police helicopter aided in the search Sunday night, and some state police divers searched the Hudson River Monday, but ice on the river hampered the search.